Fishing-net sinker



No. 624,867. Patented May 9, |899.

J. C. ROBINSON.

FISHING NET SINKER.

A lication fded Mar. 17, 1899.)

(No Model.)

/N VENT A TTOHNE YS.

UNiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN CUTLER ROBINSON, OF HAMPTON, VIRGINIA.

FISHING-NETSINKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,867, dated May 9, 1899.

Application led March 1'7, 1899. Serial N0- 709|461 (N0 1111x1613 which is simple and durable in construction and arranged to permit ot' conveniently, quickly, and securely fastening it tothe net at the bottom line to hold the net in proper position when in use for iishing.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claim.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

-Figure lis a side elevation of the improvement as applied. Fig. 2 is an enlarged end elevation of the sinker-body. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of the improvement. Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the wedge for the body.

The improved fishing-net sinker or weight is provided with a sinker-body A, preferably made cylindrical and formed with a longitudinal slot A', extending from one end of the body to the other and leading from the peripheral vsurface approximately to the middle of the body, as is plainly indicated in Fig. 2.

The sinker-body is passed sidewise upon the bottom line B of the net B, so that said bottom line finally rests on the inner curved wall of the slot A', as is indicated in Fig. 4, and then a double wedge C is driven into the slot A to securely clamp the line B in position in the bottom or inner wall of the slot.

The slot A is narrow at the peripheral snrface of the body and gradually increases in width toward the center of the body, asis plainly shown in Fig. 2, and the side walls of said slot are convergent in a longitudinal direction and the wedge C is correspondingly shaped-that is, has converging side Walls which iit the walls of the slot, so that when the wedge is driven in lengthwise the small end of the wedge first passes into the end of theslot. Then the wedge isforeed inwardand downward to cause the bottom surface of the wedge to engageand clamp the line B to securely fasten the body A in position on the line. The bodyAis preferably made of metal, so as to give the desired weight to the sinker, and the wedge C is preferably made of oak but other material may be employed.

It will be seen that by the arrangement described the body A can be'readily placed on the line B at the desired place, and then the wedge C is driven lengthwise into the slot A", as described, to securely lock the body to the line.

When it is desired to remove the weight, the operator drives the wedge longitudinally in an opposite direction until the wedge leaves the slot and then the weight can be readily removed from the line'.

I-Iaving thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-'- Ashing-net sinker, comprising a body formed with a slot exten-ding from one end of4 the body to the other and reaching from the peripheral surface thereof approximately to the middle of the body, saidslot being narrow at the outer end of the body, the side walls of the slot converging in a longitudinal direction, and a Wedge having side Walls fitting the said s lot Walls, to permit of driving the wedge lengthwise into the slot, to cause the wedge to move inwardly and clamp a line and the body together, substantially as shown and described.

Witnesses EUGENE IRVIN, SIMON SOHILLING.

JOI-IN CUTLER ROBINSON. 'Y 

